Detection of Ockelbo virus RNA in skin biopsies by polymerase chain reaction
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Detection of Ockelbo virus RNA in skin biopsies by polymerase chain reaction
Abstract
A sensitive assay based on the polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Ockelbo virus RNA was developed. Two primer pairs from the gene coding for the E2 glycoprotein were chosen. By use of a nested strategy for the primers, as few as 1 to 10 PFU could be detected. The amplified products were visualized as bands of appropriate size on ethidium bromide-stained agarose gels. The primer pairs allowed amplification of several Ockelbo and Sindbis virus isolates but discriminated between these and other alphaviruses. Ockelbo virus RNA was detected in 4 of 10 skin biopsy specimens collected during the acute stage of the disease. The identities of the amplified products were confirmed by restriction endonuclease cleavage. Acute- and convalescent-phase sera as well as lymphocytes collected during the convalescent phase were negative by the polymerase chain reaction. No infectious virus could be recovered from any of the specimens.
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